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This Is The Most Disturbing Part Of Netflix’s Our Father

This Is The Most Disturbing Part Of Netflix’s Our Father

There are many nauseating moments in Our Father, Netflix’s latest true crime documentary. In fact, its 90-minute duration serves wave after wave of horror. First there is Jacoba Ballard‘s grisly discovery that she was secretly fathered by her mother’s fertility doctor, who impregnated patients without their knowledge or consent throughout […]

Mama & Me: An Ode To The Grandmother Who Loved Me When My Mother Couldn’t

Mama & Me: An Ode To The Grandmother Who Loved Me When My Mother Couldn’t

I’ve spent my entire life yearning for love. In cocktail conversations and other interactions in which I’m trying to be charming, I like to blame this quality on being a Libra. If you believe in horoscopes, like I do, you’ll know that people born under the sign of the scales […]

Multiple Black Women Accuse DJ Tim Westwood Of Sexual Misconduct In Harrowing New Documentary

Multiple Black Women Accuse DJ Tim Westwood Of Sexual Misconduct In Harrowing New Documentary

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 2019/11/23: DJ Tim Westwood attends the launch of Puttshack, Bank in London. (Photo by Phil Lewis/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Warning: The following contains graphic details which some readers may find upsetting. “He’s been out here doing f*ckery and he’s been doing it for years,” alleges […]

What The Rise & Fall Of Abercrombie & Fitch Fails To Mention About Race & Class

“A lot of people don’t belong in our clothes, and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.” This is a comment from Mike Jeffries, former CEO of American retailer Abercrombie & Fitch, to a reporter in 2006. If you’re a ’90s kid and grew up during the era when Abercrombie […]

For Black Women In The UK, A Fear Of Pregnancy Is Far From Irrational

For Black Women In The UK, A Fear Of Pregnancy Is Far From Irrational

Unbothered’s Birth Rights acknowledges inspiring mothers and showcases the beautiful diversity and depth of Black parenthood. As Black birthing people continue to reconsider what motherhood looks like, we are spotlighting Black maternity, reproductive health, and exploring cultural conversations on re-parenting ourselves and the next generation. “You know what the problem […]

What Top Boy Gets Right About Domestic Violence & Marginalised Women

What Top Boy Gets Right About Domestic Violence & Marginalised Women

Warning: The following contains graphic details of domestic abuse which some readers may find upsetting. Spoilers for Top Boy series two ahead: Much beloved British crime series Top Boy returned to Netflix earlier this month to high praise. For series two (or four if you count the original series first commissioned […]

I’m A Black Woman With Alopecia, Please Don’t Stop Talking About Bald Beauty

I’m A Black Woman With Alopecia, Please Don’t Stop Talking About Bald Beauty

It’s taken a full week for many to be able to fully digest what was possibly one of the most infamous moments in award-ceremony history: Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, 2022. It was a slap heard across the world, and quickly divided audiences between those who condemned […]

Was Will Smith’s Oscar Slap In Solidarity With Black Women Or An Egregious Assault?

Was Will Smith’s Oscar Slap In Solidarity With Black Women Or An Egregious Assault?

THE OSCARS® – The 94th Oscars® aired live Sunday March 27, from the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood at 8 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. PDT on ABC in more than 200 territories worldwide. (ABC) WILL SMITH Just when we thought that the Oscars couldn’t get wilder than the infamous  2017 Best […]

Demystified: Two Black Astrologers On How You Can Better Understand Yourself Through Your Birth Chart

Demystified: Two Black Astrologers On How You Can Better Understand Yourself Through Your Birth Chart

Top view of astrologers objects lying on the desk Welcome to Demystified, Unbothered’s monthly spirituality series for Black and brown folx. Through a lens of reclamation, Unbothered is helping its audience reconnect with ancestral practices while debunking myths and misconceptions. As stigma surrounding non-Christian spiritual practices fades and Black and […]